These days, Veronica Metildi looks more like a nurse than a hairdresser. Upon entering the salon, she’ll tell you through a medical mask that she isn’t accepting walk-ins. If you have an appointment scheduled, she’ll take your temperature with an infrared thermometer before providing you wit…

While events have been moving at a swift pace during the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest statistics from the Employment Development Department (EDD) shed some light on how Calaveras County has been affected.

On an 80-acre plot of land in Calaveras County that several Catholic Worker families have called home over the past four decades, a new trio of organic farmers has settled in with a holistic approach to solving local food insecurity.

At the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Health Officer Dean Kelaita, MD, announced that the state will now allow barbershops and hair salons to reopen in Calaveras County. Churches, dine-in restaurants and all retail stores have also been permitted to reopen in recent days.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) is hosting a webinar on May 27 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. for customers in Amador, Calaveras, and El Dorado counties to share information about its Community Wildfire Safety Program.

Calaveras County Superior Court Presiding Judge Timothy Healy has rescinded his order restricting entry of any individuals not required to appear in-person, however all who visit the courthouse must wear a mask.

Downtown Murphys was quiet, as a cloudy sky rested overhead Tuesday afternoon. As a gentle rain began to fall, only a handful of people were roaming the streets. For the past two months, the majority of the shops in downtown Murphys have been closed because of COVID-19. The once heavily visi…

The Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee means more to Karan Bowsher than just a typical weekend. Bowsher has been around fairs for the majority of her life and has made her living selling T-shirts and food at fairs and other large events all over California.

Kevin Floerke knew before most that the novel coronavirus was going to be a big problem. His career in the travel industry lent him insight into goings-on in other parts of the world, and when Latin America shut down completely, he saw it as a harbinger of things to come in his mountain comm…

Calaveras County officials have submitted an attestation to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) requesting that residents be permitted to advance further into the state’s COVID-19 reopening process in the coming days.

Calaveras County’s health officer has announced that his previous orders clarifying and enforcing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s March 19 stay-at-home order have been lifted. However, the statewide directive remains in effect.